Sound actions by category: Economic 1

Sound action recordings are of sounds designed to affect people, including situations where many make sounds together towards a common goal. Often they're of voices, but they also include sirens, bells, fireworks and more.

Fruit and veg sellers cry their wares at Woolwich market on a Thursday lunchtime.

0:40

2009

Wembley cheapjack 2:06

Filename: Wembley cheapjack

Duration: 2:06

Classification: Economic > Market traders

Recorded by: IM Rawes

Recording date: November 2008

Description: Male Cockney cheapjack trader at Wembley market hawks electrical goods to onlookers. The trader has a covered stall equipped with a small PA system, and he speaks through this using a headworn microphone. Chides onlookers for having 'no money' but then sells quantities of cheap MP3 players. Voices of onlookers and customers, rustling of plastic carrier bags, and humorous insults from the trader.